{"id":29181,"date":"2017-11-14T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29181"},"modified":"2017-11-14T08:28:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:28:01","slug":"sdr-pioneer-dr-vanu-bose-dies-at-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/sdr-pioneer-dr-vanu-bose-dies-at-52\/","title":{"rendered":"SDR pioneer Dr. Vanu Bose dies at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: Vanu Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Software Defined Radio pioneer\u00a0Dr. Vanu Gopal Bose<\/strong>\u00a0passed away on November 11, 2017 aged 52<\/p>\n

In 1998 he founded\u00a0Vanu Inc.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which pioneered the commercialization of software-defined radio and was the first company to receive FCC certification of a software-defined radio in 2004.<\/p>\n

The firm\u2019s technology, which grew out of Bose’s graduate research at MIT, increases the role of software in operating the radio-based component of wireless communications networks, including those used for cellphone communications.<\/p>\n

His company had recently deployed over 40 Community Connect base stations in Puerto Rico to provide cellular service in the wake of two devastating hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Read the Boston Globe story
\nhttp:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2017\/11\/12\/vanu-bose-pioneer-cellular-wireless-infrastructure-dies\/mK9MjcOEiuPIOovhCGUHFJ\/story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“Virtual Radios” by Vanu Gopal Bose, et al 1998. One of the original MIT SpectrumWare papers
\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/VirtualRadios\/VirtualRadios-VanuBose.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

2003 Guardian newspaper article Radio active revolution
\nhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2003\/jul\/10\/onlinesupplement2<\/a><\/p>\n

Connecting the last billion
\nhttps:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/609009\/connecting-the-last-billion\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC) Software Defined Radio pioneer\u00a0Dr. Vanu Gopal Bose\u00a0passed away on November 11, 2017 aged 52 In 1998 he founded\u00a0Vanu Inc.\u00a0which pioneered the commercialization of software-defined radio and was the first company to receive FCC certification of a software-defined radio in 2004. 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